Quoting: CakeEaterBanks
Rakell is also really one dimensional. Like I said Kerfoot can play anywhere in the lineup.
Plus you also have to consider who’s buying. Pittsburgh where the only team in on Rakell. Trust me when I say there’ll be multiple team in on Kerfoot. Seattle would’ve chosen Kerfoot if it wasn’t for the McCann trade
I'm not saying Kerfoot doesn't have value, I'm saying there's no chance he goes for a 1st+.
Last season, 7 1st round picks got traded. One for Eichel, one for Toffoli who had 3 years left on his deal, one for Chiarot for some dumb reason, 2 in the Brandon Hagel trade, one for Hampus Lindholm, and one for Claude Giroux.
Hagel and Toffoli are cheap and had term, Eichel and Giroux speak for themselves, and Lindholm is a top pair, minute eating defenceman. I still don't understand why guys like Chiarot and Gudbranson keep getting traded for a bunch and keep getting paid so much but Kerfoot isn't a hulking defenceman either.
Colorado traded Justin Barron and a 2nd for Lehkonen. That's the ceiling for Kerfoot who is similarly impactful but in a totally different way to Lehkonen.